New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-08
CASE OF CIRILO POUBLE.
AN AMERICAN PRISONER LEFT TO HIS FATE
HOW Mr.. CLEVELAND PROTECTS" NATURALIzED |


| HOW Mr.. CLEVELAND PROTECTS" NATURALIzED
CITIZENS
WASHINGTON. Aug. fSpecial.-Iettcrs received hero
from the friends Of Crlo Poube show that strong ind
nation is felt byAmercan citizens of Cuban birth III Key
West as we'll In NewYork city, Of which he was a
respected resident account Of the neglect OF the
Administration In Poubles and Its apparent In
difference to his fate. Some months ago 1t was rep
resented to Poube's friends that prompt and decided
steps had been taken by the State Department In his
behalf and the strength Of that representation tho
Admin straton received the thanks Of tho most promi
nent Cuban residents Of New-York. Some time later
they thunderstruck by denial from Mr.. Bayard
that the Poube matter had been brought to the
notice Of the State Department Subsequently tho de-
nial withdrawn, but Pouble's friends had become
alarmed, and since then they have been using every
effort to the langud indifference of the State
Department, but thus far without success. They
have discovered that the "prompt and decided" acton
Of the Department was simply formal inquiry ad-
dressed to the Consul Of the United States at
Havana In regard to the case at the time. Tho an
was equally formal and perfunctory. Tho
Consul General had called tho Cuban authorities In
regard to the matter and had been informed that as
several hundred pending appeal some
time necessarily must eapse before there would be any
final disposition OF Poubles This report was
made some weeks ago. since which time nothing what
seems to have been DONE The extent Of the Ad-
mlnistratlon's Indifference In regard to the matter
may be measured by the fact that the State Depart
ment has taken the trouble to obtain copies
of the testimony and arguments In the trial of Poublo
or copy OF his sentence, the preamble to which un-
doubtedly rectes the grounds Of the courts judgment
The case has gone TO the superior
Court appeal, arguments have been
heard and the case has been submitted
1t is expected that the judgment Of the appellate
tribunal will be rendered within the next thirty days
pIrSnn Tho. uiah-A Iamv yvlo fa
faml with Spanish precrdents and procedure Is that
tho sentence "f tue lower court will be confirmed
On July % Jose l. Rodriguez, able and expert
enced lawyer Of Washington addressed memorial to
rrestient Cleveland IN regard 70 P.uDles case IN
cded" action IL Is understood that no notice OF this
appeal has been taken. The memorial briefly states
the OF Mr.. Poube as follows: 3" Mr. P"uble went
to Cuba with an American passport, in tho month Of
November. 1854. lie was arrested there and tried
upon the charge that he had nstgated Qn the United
states the crime OF rebellion" In Cuba Tho Court Of
the Monserrate District of the City of Havana before
which he was tried, sentenced him to Imprisonment
for life at hard labor and now, upon appeal his case
Is pending before the Superior Court of Havana, called
Audiencia, which will decide finally. Tho Crown
Solicitor In and for that court has already filed his
argument urging the sentence OF the court below to
be affirmed; and Mr. P0ubos counsel has also filed his
refung the charges asking for the release Of
the prisoner, showing that tho oiene II committed by
him committed In the United States, and entering
the proper protest against such attempt the part
of the courts OF Cuba TO exercise extraterritorai
Jurisdiction The only thing still to be done to com
pleto the proceedings what ia called the vista
public verbal argument of the case; and Immediately
afcr II the fate OF Mr. Pcuble will be sealed He
therefore, and his friends, waiting with mucb
anxiety you easily imagine for such a word of
Is required by justice and the necessities Of
the case
The crime of Mr.. Poube, II any, Is one which has
been committed by almost every man. whether In pub
lie private life In tho United States and II for
longing for the independence Of Cuba from Spain and
the thereof to the United States aiding
the revolution lnsurrecton there by printing papers
pronOuncing speeches. Introducing and urging resolu
lions I'm Congress and nnumer able other acts of which
M
paIned. Americans, II caught In Cuba, be tried
there and condemned to Imprisonment for life at hard
labor, any other penalty the most ulustrtous
Of America might easily be registered In the penlon'
tiary books OF spain.